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What else is stirred into today’s Brew? ⤵️

🌴 Columbia vs. Columbia
🍎 In the classroom
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Tonight’s the night! Join us at 8:00pm ET for The CockTale Hour with Jay Philips and Bill Gunter! Jay and Bill are bringing you behind the scenes for the best moments of the season so far, then looking ahead at what’s still to come for our Gamecock basketball teams. Grab a beverage, pull up a chair, cozy in, and enjoy The CockTale Hour, streaming tonight at 8:00pm ET exclusively on GamecocksPlus!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Columbia vs. Columbia. It’s a battle of the Columbias as South Carolina women’s basketball travels to take on Missouri tonight. The top-ranked Gamecocks will square off against the Tigers at 8:00pm ET tonight on the SEC Network+. Full preview here.

🔼 In The Classroom. South Carolina’s student-athletes continue to crush it on and off the field. Collectively, your Gamecocks closed out the Fall 2023 semester with a 3.374 GPA, the fourth-highest GPA on the record. It’s the 34th straight semester that South Carolina student-athletes have posted at least a 3.0 GPA.

The highest team GPA award goes to women’s golf with a 3.90, while beach volleyball posted a 3.73 and women’s soccer posted a 3.70. 16 out of 18 teams finished with a 3.0 GPA or better during the fall months.

🔼 Come To Light. MiLaysia Fulwiley has been turning heads all year long for the Gamecocks, but what has her freshman season in the Garnet & Black been like? Enjoy this one-on-one conversation with MiLaysia Fulwiley and The Messenger’s Alex Azzi - and find out which of her teammates would be the one to start the fire if the squad got stranded on a deserted island.

🔼 Going For Gold. JaMeesia Ford has an Olympic dream, and the Gamecock Track & Field star is getting closer to making that dream a reality during her freshman season in the Garnet & Black. Hear more from JaMeesia and Coach Hall here.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Paint The Town. South Carolina women’s basketball is dominating the paint during SEC play so far. Do you know by what margin the Gamecocks are outscoring SEC opponents in the paint this season?

Got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 A LOOK AHEAD

Thursday 11/11

🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Missouri @ 8:00pm ET on Sec Network+

Saturday 1/13

🏃 Track & Field @ the Gamecock Opener

🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Missouri @ 3:30pm ET on SEC Network

Saturday 1/13 - Monday 1/15

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ the Carolina Kickoff

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The Gamecocks are outscoring SEC foes by 15 points per game in the paint on the year.

🤙 Have a good Thursday, y’all.